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My mother's mother was Josephine (Fisher) (Collins) Pierce.
See Collins Family for Collins data.
§ Great Great Grandfather James David Fisher §
Great Granddad Albert Fisher's father was James David Fisher,
who married Mary Amelia Chappell(?):
Their children:
§ Great Grandparents Fisher §
Grandmother Josephine's parents were:
Albert Fisher (Irish & ?) & Lucinda (Knox) Fisher
(Indian & black; stately figure/straight black hair)
They lived in Thorndale, Texas.
Albert & Lucinda's children were:
(son Ernest Fisher)
Great Gran Lucinda Knox Fisher had a brother named Albert Knox.
May have been other brothers, don't know.
A.M.'s (Arthur) mother's parents were Isaiah & Dollie (?) Griffin.
Isaiah had a brother named Elijah Griffin who owned a mill in the area of
Rockdale, Dimebox, Giddens Texas area.
Dollie (?) Griffin's sisters and brothers were:
§ Great Uncle Ollie Fisher §
Great Uncle Ollie married Jessie Griffin, Bessie's sister.
Their children: (?)
§ Great Aunt Amelia §
Great Aunt Mary Amelia Fisher married William (Billy) Clemens/Clemons(?). Their children:
§ Great Aunt Mattie §
Great Aunt Mattie married Bill Lacey. Their children:
§ Great Aunt Augusta §
Great Aunt Augusta Fisher
had a son, Lee Slider shown below in 1923
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Great Aunt Augusta in 1923 in San Antonia Texas
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§ Great Great (?) Great (?)Grandmother Millie Moss §
Following information is confusing and not confirmed.
Great Grandmother Lucinda's mother was (?)Millie Moss, (Indian)
She had a son, Billy Moss and a brother Alfred Moss.
She also raised a son(?)stepson(?)nephew(?) named Bill Christman who married a Fisher/Clemens woman (?). Their children are:
The Moss family lived on a Georgia plantation during part of Millie's life
where she worked as a slave cook. Millie had 3 slave owners.
It is said that Millie Moss was lashed by one of her owners because
she warned President Lincoln about a plot to kill him.
After slavery was abolished the Mosses changed their name to Malone.
Cousin Frankie (Malone) Shaw is a Malone descendant
Her brother, was Buster Malone passed away in 2000.
Great-great grandmother Millie lived to be about 125 years old.
Information gathered from Aunt Elizabeth (Collins) Simmons,
Aunt Devorah (Haynes) Lamar, Auther M. Fisher, Velva Lee Haynes Jr., and my mother Philisita (Collins) Haynes. Great Aunt Augusta photos courtesy of Velva Lee Haynes, Jr. If there is erroneous information, please contact me with corrections, e-mail address below.
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